Clinical Outcomes of a Goal-Directed Ultra-Fast-Track Anesthesia Pathway Targeting Operating Room Extubation in Cardiac Surgery: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Analysis.

Overall postoperative complications were similar between groups (54.9% v 56.6%, p = 0.846).

The matched logistic regression revealed no significant associations (odds ratio: 0.935, 95% CI 0.475 to 1.853).

Day 0 hemodynamic support (mean vasoactive-inotropic score: MD -1.4, 95% CI -2.2 to -0.5; maximum vasoactive-inotropic score: MD -3.9, 95% CI -5.4 to -2.3; both p < 0.001) and fluid intake (day 0: MD -309.0 mL, 95% CI -543.0 to -75.1, p = 0.010; day 1: MD -211.9 mL, 95% CI -385.9 to -37.9, p = 0.017) were lower in the ultra-fast-track anesthesia/IE group.